Remediation Technician and Wwtp Operator

Date: Feb 22, 2023- Location: Lincoln, NT, CA (Canada)Newmont is the world’s leading gold company and a producer of copper, silver, zinc and lead. The Company’s world-class portfolio of assets, prospects and talent is anchored in favorable mining jurisdictions in North America, South America, Australia and Africa. Newmont is the only gold producer listed in the S&P 500 Index and is widely recognized for its principled environmental, social and governance practices. The Company is an industry leader in value creation, supported by robust safety standards, superior execution and technical proficiency. Newmont was founded in 1921 and has been publicly traded since 1925.

**Remediation Technician and WWTP Operator - Student Trainee**:
To provide assistance and support to the Legacy Site Team during the summer construction and operation season. Including support for the operation of a highly automated waste water treatment plant that includes chemical handling, maintenance, workplace inspections/corrective actions. Assist in sustaining an environmental compliance and monitoring program that includes sample collection/submission, critical review of results, accurate data input/reporting and records-keeping. Provide labour support for other remediation tasks as scheduled through the season.

**Essential Duties**:
Completes tasks with mínimal supervision, under the guidance of the Environmental Manager, employing logical problem solving skills, knowledge of treatment plant operations and maintenance, environmental/health/safety procedures, techniques and regulatory requirements.

Participates in daily tailgate safety meeting/records and conducts/records Activity Hazard Analysis for the various tasks at the site

Provides labour and technical support to operations staff and contractors as requested and/or scheduled throughout the operational season. This may include, general labour, progress monitoring, note taking, and general site inspection and clean-up.

Assists Plant Operator with waste water treatment plant operations including sample collection, maintaining/cleaning equipment, daily operational checks, bench meter sample analyses, pH calibrations, inspections, process adjustments, preventive maintenance, scheduling, parts/chemical inventory re-ordering and record keeping.

Completes the maintenance, testing, calibration and record keeping for waste water treatment plant instrumentation, field meters/devices used for environmental and personal monitoring as part of the daily inspection checklists

Prepares, collects and ships environmental samples with appropriate/updated chain of custody documentation and sampling records for analysis of waste, air, soil, and water in accordance with established procedures and protocols.

Inspects waste water treatment plant, tailings management area, aggregate pits and other worksites for EHS and regulatory compliance using inspection checklists for supervision to add to the corrective actions register to enhance human health, environmental protection and regulatory compliance.

Organizes warehouse and laydown inventory including general site clean up. Including debris identification and collection across the site.

Updates the Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) to ensure that Safety Data Sheets in all Hazard Awareness Centers are current along with performing area inspections for conformance to WHMIS requirements including the maintenance of training records.

Ensures compliance with environmental, health and safety regulations and company Health and Safety/Loss Prevention, Environmental and Social Responsibility policies and procedures by following established procedures and direction.

Updates relevant Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and appropriate manuals that support site operational requirements as needed.

Completes and logs all monitoring and inspection requirements (including unscheduled events such as spills and incidents) Company requirements to achieve full compliance.

Operates light duty vehicles and all-terrain-vehicle (ATV/UTV) as needed to facilitate operational requirements including but not limited to sample collection.

Operates standard business software (MS Office & Excel) and applicable specialized software.

The above duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

**Training & Experience**:
Preference given to those who are working towards a technical or technological diploma or degree, in Engineering, Environmental or related sciences, plus previous or relevant field experience, preferably related to the mining industry.

Requires good organizational skills with exceptional communication skills in oral, written and presentation mediums and can work to resolve issues independently or in a team setting with self-initiative to continually identify and improve on systems and procedures.

Competency, through knowledge, training or experience, a